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Al Martino, the first person to reach the Christmas top spot

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The Beatles had four Christmas number ones during the 1960s, three of which were consecutive.

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Bob Geldof, creator of charity supergroup Band Aid who were Christmas number one in three different incarnations

"Bohemian Rhapsody", by Queen, reached the number one slot twice, in 1975 and 1991

Cliff Richard, who reached the number one slot at Christmas four times

The Spice Girls had three consecutive Christmas number ones in the 1990s.

Rage Against the Machine, whose song "Killing in the Name" achieved the Christmas number one in 2009, 17 years after the song's original release

Year	Artist	Song^[1]	Weeks at No. 1^[2]^[3]^[4]
1952	Martino, AlAl Martino	"Here in My Heart"	9
1953	Laine, FrankieFrankie Laine	"Answer Me"	8
1954	Atwell, WinifredWinifred Atwell	"Let's Have Another Party"	5
1955	Valentine, DickieDickie Valentine	"Christmas Alphabet"	3
1956	Ray, JohnnieJohnnie Ray	"Just Walkin' in the Rain"	7
1957	Belafonte, HarryHarry Belafonte	"Mary's Boy Child"	7
1958	Twitty, ConwayConway Twitty	"It's Only Make Believe"	5
1959	Ford, EmileEmile Ford and the Checkmates	"What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?"	6
1960	Richard, CliffCliff Richard and The Shadows	"I Love You"	2
1961	Williams, DannyDanny Williams	"Moon River"	2
1962	Presley, ElvisElvis Presley	"Return to Sender"	3
1963	Beatles, TheThe Beatles	"I Want to Hold Your Hand"	5
1964	Beatles, TheThe Beatles	"I Feel Fine"	5
1965	Beatles, TheThe Beatles	"Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out"^{[nb 1]}	5
1966	Jones, TomTom Jones	"Green, Green Grass of Home"	7
1967	Beatles, TheThe Beatles	"Hello, Goodbye"	7
1968	Scaffold, TheThe Scaffold	"Lily the Pink"	3
1969	Harris, RolfRolf Harris	"Two Little Boys"	6
1970	Edmunds, DaveDave Edmunds	"I Hear You Knocking"	6
1971	Hill, BennyBenny Hill	"Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)"	4
1972	Osmond, JimmyJimmy Osmond	"Long Haired Lover from Liverpool"	5
1973	Slade	"Merry Xmas Everybody"	5
1974	Mud	"Lonely This Christmas"	4
1975	Queen	"Bohemian Rhapsody"	9
1976	Mathis, JohnnyJohnny Mathis	"When a Child Is Born (Soleado)"	3
1977	Wings	"Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School"^{[nb 1]}	9
1978	Boney M.	"Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord"	4
1979	Pink Floyd	"Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"	5
1980	St Winifred's School Choir	"There's No One Quite Like Grandma"	2
1981	Human League, TheThe Human League	"Don't You Want Me"	5
1982	Renée and Renato	"Save Your Love"	4
1983	Flying Pickets, TheThe Flying Pickets	"Only You"	5
1984	Band Aid	"Do They Know It's Christmas?"	5
1985	Stevens, Shakin'Shakin' Stevens	"Merry Christmas Everyone"	2
1986	Wilson, JackieJackie Wilson	"Reet Petite"	4
1987	Pet Shop Boys	"Always on My Mind"	4
1988	Richard, CliffCliff Richard	"Mistletoe and Wine"^{[nb 2]}	4
1989	Band Aid II	"Do They Know It's Christmas?"	3
1990	Richard, CliffCliff Richard	"Saviour's Day"	1
1991	Queen	"Bohemian Rhapsody" / "These Are the Days of Our Lives"^{[nb 1]}	5
1992	Houston, WhitneyWhitney Houston	"I Will Always Love You"	10
1993	Mr Blobby	"Mr Blobby"	2
1994	East 17	"Stay Another Day"	5
1995	Jackson, MichaelMichael Jackson	"Earth Song"	6
1996	Spice Girls	"2 Become 1"	3
1997	Spice Girls	"Too Much"	2
1998	Spice Girls	"Goodbye"	1
1999	Westlife	"I Have a Dream" / "Seasons in the Sun"^{[nb 1]}	4
2000	Bob the Builder	"Can We Fix It?"	3
2001	Williams, RobbieRobbie Williams and Nicole Kidman	"Somethin' Stupid"	3
2002	Girls Aloud	"Sound of the Underground"	4
2003	Andrews, MichaelMichael Andrews and Gary Jules	"Mad World"	3
2004	Band Aid 20	"Do They Know It's Christmas?"	4
2005	Ward, ShayneShayne Ward	"That's My Goal"	4
2006	Lewis, LeonaLeona Lewis	"Template:Sort"	4
2007	Jackson, LeonLeon Jackson	"When You Believe"	3
2008	Burke, AlexandraAlexandra Burke	"Hallelujah"	3
2009	Rage Against the Machine	"Killing in the Name"	1
2010	Cardle, MattMatt Cardle	"When We Collide"^{[nb 3]}	3
2011	Military Wives with Gareth Malone	"Wherever You Are"	1
2012	Justice Collective, TheThe Justice Collective^{[nb 4]}	"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"	1
2013	Bailey, SamSam Bailey	"Skyscraper"	1
2014	Haenow, BenBen Haenow	"Something I Need"	1
2015	Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir^[8]	"A Bridge over You"^{[nb 5]}	1
2016	Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie	"Rockabye"	9
2017	Sheeran, EdEd Sheeran^{[nb 6]}	"Perfect"	6
2018	TBD (21 December 2018)^[11]	TBD (21 December 2018)	TBD

↑ Myers, Justin (13 December 2013). "Every Official Christmas Number 1 ever!". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
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↑ "Christmas Number Ones – Singles". EveryHit. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
↑ "Thirty years of Christmas No 1s". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
↑ Masterton, James (20 December 2004). "Christmas Commentary from James Masterton". London: LAUNCHcast. Archived from the original on 31 December 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2011. ... This actually did happen back in 1988 when Christmas Day fell on a Sunday (the usual chart day). This resulted in the chart show being broadcast a day late on Monday 26th and with the industry agreeing that the crowning of Cliff Richard as that years Christmas Number One would take place then. ...
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↑ "Paul McCartney guests on Hillsborough charity single with Robbie Williams". The Guardian. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 "NHS Choir beat Bieber to UK Christmas number one". BBC News. 25 December 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
↑ "Ed Sheeran claims Christmas Number 1: "It's an actual dream"". Official Charts Company. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
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↑ "When will the 2018 Christmas Number 1 be announced?". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2018-12-12.

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[1] Myers, Justin (13 December 2013). "Every Official Christmas Number 1 ever!". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

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[Everyhit-3] "Christmas Number Ones – Singles". EveryHit. Retrieved 19 April 2008.

[4] "Thirty years of Christmas No 1s". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 19 April 2008.

[6] Masterton, James (20 December 2004). "Christmas Commentary from James Masterton". London: LAUNCHcast. Archived from the original on 31 December 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2011. ... This actually did happen back in 1988 when Christmas Day fell on a Sunday (the usual chart day). This resulted in the chart show being broadcast a day late on Monday 26th and with the industry agreeing that the crowning of Cliff Richard as that years Christmas Number One would take place then. ...

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[10] "Paul McCartney guests on Hillsborough charity single with Robbie Williams". The Guardian. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.

[nhs-12] 8.0 ^8.1 "NHS Choir beat Bieber to UK Christmas number one". BBC News. 25 December 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

[14] "Ed Sheeran claims Christmas Number 1: "It's an actual dream"". Official Charts Company. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

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[17] "When will the 2018 Christmas Number 1 be announced?". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2018-12-12.

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